Title

Aerial view of Queenston Quarries

Description

LCN 10109954 ; Our Romantic Niagara

en-CA Used in the book Our Romantic Niagara by Albert H. Tiplin. Quarry property and surrounding countryside as seen from the air: 1) old quarry works, 2) underground mines / source of Decew dolomite, 3) four brick-lined kilns used for burning limestone, 4) quarry grounds circa. 1837, 5) location of the "Settlement" of 14 workers houses and general store (1928-1938), 6)7)and 8) areas where building stone was processed until 1979, 9) Bruce Trail, 10) former Braas Bros. sand-pit / part of Barre Moraine, 11) St. Davids sand-pit, 12) eastern edge of Whirlpool - St. Davids buried gorge, 13) St. Davids settlement (one of the earliest in the area), 14) York Road, 15) Kings Highway No. 406, 16) Ontario Hydro Pump Storage Reservoir ; The library does not have permission to publish the image but it may be viewed in person at the Victoria Avenue Library ;

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=91111

Creator

Queenston Quarries

Medium

Photograph

Extent

9 1/4" x 10" B&W photograph

Provenance

Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation

Date

1970

Is Part Of

Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation Collection

locator

11777

Rights

Queenston Quarries

Subject

Queenston (Ont.)

Quarries

St. David's (Ont.)

Spatial Coverage

Canada - Ontario - Queenston

Canada - Ontario - Saint Davids

number

D11777

Format

Photograph